{{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends.}} were traveling trough some mountains, and got lost again. While journeying through the mountainous region, Ash, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{TRT}} hear what sounds like an explosion in the distance. Upon arriving at the scene, they instead find several trucks in a pile-up. A local construction worker reveals that a group of {{p|Diglett}} inhabiting the area are responsible in an attempt to halt the building of a "Great Dam" within the region. The worker says that rewards will be offered for those who succeed in halting the Diglett's interference; conveniently, [[Gary Oak]] chooses this moment to make one of his appearances. Gary goes out to battle the Diglett, leaving the all the others to watch and [[Gary's cheerleaders|his cheerleaders]] to cheer. He trys to send out some of his {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, but none will come out of there Poké Balls. Gary yells for all the trainer to throw all their Pokemon at the Diglett, yet the Diglett keep returning the balls of the Pokemon who wouldn't come out. The attempts of the invited trainers fall flat, as their Pokémon possess no desire to do battle with the Diglett. Gary states that clearly no one could battle the Diglett, and drives away in his car.

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{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} are traveling trough some mountains, and get lost again. While journeying through the mountainous region, Ash, {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}}, and {{TRT}} hear what sounds like an explosion in the distance. Upon arriving at the scene, they instead find several trucks in a pile-up. A local construction worker reveals that a group of {{p|Diglett}} inhabiting the area are responsible in an attempt to halt the building of a "Great Dam" within the region. The worker says that rewards will be offered for those who succeed in halting the Diglett's interference; [[Gary Oak]] appears. Gary goes out to battle the Diglett, leaving all of the others to watch and [[Gary's cheerleaders|his cheerleaders]] to cheer. He tries to send out some of his {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, but none will come out of their Poké Balls. Gary yells for all the {{pkmn|Trainer}}s to throw all their Pokemon at the Diglett, yet the Diglett keep returning the balls of the Pokemon who wouldn't come out. The attempts of the invited Trainers fall flat, as their Pokémon possess no desire to do battle with the Diglett. Gary states that clearly no one could battle the Diglett, and is driven away in his car.

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Meanwhile, [[Jessie]] and [[James]] plot to take possession of the hordes of new Pokémon nearby, but quickly realize their efforts would be in vain with simply {{p|Ekans}} and {{p|Koffing}} at their disposal. Shortly thereafter, seemingly out of a love for their owners, the two Pokémon [[Evolution|evolve]] into {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}}, respectively. They then show off their newly evolved Pokémon in an ambush on Ash and his friends. However, despite the evolutions, Team Rocket are soundly defeated by the Diglett and Dugtrio as Arbok uses {{m|Dig}} to go underground, with Weezing following along.

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Meanwhile, [[Jessie]] and [[James]] plot to take possession of the hordes of new Pokémon nearby, but quickly realize their efforts would be in vain with simply {{p|Ekans}} and {{p|Koffing}} at their disposal. Shortly thereafter, seemingly out of a love for their owners, the two Pokémon [[Evolution|evolve]] into {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}}, respectively. They then show off their newly evolved Pokémon in an ambush on Ash and {{ashfr|his friends}}. However, despite the evolutions, Team Rocket are soundly defeated by the Diglett and Dugtrio as Arbok uses {{m|Dig}} to go underground, with Weezing following along.

The episode concludes with the scene of the construction worker vowing to bring the dam project to a halt, after learning that Diglett and {{p|Dugtrio}} inhabited the area peacefully prior to his intrusion.

The episode concludes with the scene of the construction worker vowing to bring the dam project to a halt, after learning that Diglett and {{p|Dugtrio}} inhabited the area peacefully prior to his intrusion.

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Ash and his friends are traveling trough some mountains, and get lost again. While journeying through the mountainous region, Ash, Misty, Brock, and Team Rocket hear what sounds like an explosion in the distance. Upon arriving at the scene, they instead find several trucks in a pile-up. A local construction worker reveals that a group of Diglett inhabiting the area are responsible in an attempt to halt the building of a "Great Dam" within the region. The worker says that rewards will be offered for those who succeed in halting the Diglett's interference; Gary Oak appears. Gary goes out to battle the Diglett, leaving all of the others to watch and his cheerleaders to cheer. He tries to send out some of his Pokémon, but none will come out of their Poké Balls. Gary yells for all the Trainers to throw all their Pokemon at the Diglett, yet the Diglett keep returning the balls of the Pokemon who wouldn't come out. The attempts of the invited Trainers fall flat, as their Pokémon possess no desire to do battle with the Diglett. Gary states that clearly no one could battle the Diglett, and is driven away in his car.

Meanwhile, Jessie and James plot to take possession of the hordes of new Pokémon nearby, but quickly realize their efforts would be in vain with simply Ekans and Koffing at their disposal. Shortly thereafter, seemingly out of a love for their owners, the two Pokémon evolve into Arbok and Weezing, respectively. They then show off their newly evolved Pokémon in an ambush on Ash and his friends. However, despite the evolutions, Team Rocket are soundly defeated by the Diglett and Dugtrio as Arbok uses Dig to go underground, with Weezing following along.

The episode concludes with the scene of the construction worker vowing to bring the dam project to a halt, after learning that Diglett and Dugtrio inhabited the area peacefully prior to his intrusion.

Trivia

Apparently, a Pokémon can choose whether or not to come out of their Poké Ball, as demonstrated by Psyduck, and later, Wobbuffet, Skitty, Croagunk, and Oshawott. However, this is the only instance where the Pokémon refuses to exit its Poké Ball, as opposed to sending itself out whenever it feels like it.

This is the second episode where a character is trying to build something that would destroy the area around them, and the Pokémon that interfere with it to save their area are targeted by the character to be exterminated. Unlike Nastina, however, the construction worker realizes why the Diglett are interfering with him, and cancels the dam.

In the dub, when all of the Trainers are attempting to send out their Pokémon, one of the Trainers can be heard trying to send out a Porygon.

In the dub, the Dam is referred to as the "Gaiva Dam", likely a play on the phrase "Give a damn".

This episode marks the first time Brock and Misty meet Gary in the dub.

Errors

In the dub, Brock points out that Diglett plow the ground and that Dugtrio plant the trees, but the clips actually show Dugtrio plowing the ground and the Diglett planting trees.

When James's Weezing's second head opened its mouth for the first time, it temporarily had the two upper square teeth the main head has. This was removed in subsequent appearances.

After the hot spring, where Ash, Misty and Brock were bathing in, was emptied by the Diglett, the Pokémon are heard saying their Japanese name, Digda, instead of Diglett.

The construction worker says "Digletts," when "Diglett" is both singular and plural.

Dub edits

When Jessie and James set up their picnic in the dub, Jessie says she is having Chinese food when she is really having Japanese curry, and James says he'll have tea and crumpets, pouring the tea into a bowl containing his supposed crumpets, when he's actually having ochazuke.

In the Japanese version, when witnessing the explosions, James speculates that the trucks and explosions related to treasure hunter TV shows or Ultra Squadrons, which is changed to an alien invasion in the English version.

Also, the sign that translated to "The Pokémon Trainer Party" also had the text removed.

In the scene where Gary decides to make his grand slam, he originally stated that "it isn't like baseball, where being fourth batter is the best." Also, Misty and Brock's reaction in the original was of agreement, while as the dub had them calling Gary detestable. This was presumably done because Beauty and the Beach (the first meeting between Gary and Misty and Brock) was still banned by the time this episode aired.

The impact star was replaced when Brock hits Ash for wondering if Gary's cheerleaders are Pokémon.

Gary's cheerleaders referred to Brock as an "old man" in the Japanese version instead of "Sir", rather than Brock himself saying that they think he's an old man.

Most lines relating to numbers or the number 4 were rewritten.

Brock originally wonders if it is alright to be wearing swimsuits in a hot spring.

When they figured out that the Pokémon did not want to fight the Diglett, thus explaining why they won't obey their Trainers in leaving the balls, Misty referred to them as masters in the dub.